Remains of that reverend and learned divine, John Preston, Dr. in Divinity, chaplain in…Remaines of that reverend and learned divine, Iohn Preston, Dr. in Divinity, chaplaine in…

Secondly, Simon Magus thought it was in the power of men to give the Spirit; What shall I give ¹thee, Peter, for the spirit: and is not your sin the same; do not many men think, that it is in the power of men, to give the spirit when all the time of their life they will neglect the calling of the Spirit; but in some great affliction, when they lye upon their death beds, then they will send for the Minister, but not till then, as if it were in his power to give the Spirit? O Sir, what shall I do to be saved, can you tell me of any hope of salvation, and the like.

Secondly, Simon Magus thought it was in the power of men to give the Spirit; What shall I give ¹thee, Peter, for the spirit: and is not your sinne the same; doe not many men thinke, that it is in the power of men, to give the spirit when all the time of their life they will neglect the calling of the Spirit; but in some great affliction, when they lye upon their death beds, then they will send for the Minister, but not till then, as if it were in his power to give the Spirit? O Sir, what shall I doe to be saved, can you tell mee of any hope of salvation, and the like.

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Thirdly, Simon Magus, he desired the spirit to a wrong end, namely, for his own advantage, ¹That upon whomsoever I shall lay my hands, they may ⟨p. 173⟩receive the holy Ghost; and do not men do the like they desire to have the spirit, and they could wish with all their hearts, that they had him; but yet not for a right end, for Gods glory, but for some carnal end of their own, that they may be reputed thus and thus, but not to any other end. For know that a man may desire grace, but if the aim of his desire be for his own end, the desire is sin, the same that Simon Magus was: therefore I beseech you defer not, put not off the opportunity; and remember what the Lord saith,